Loser Attains The Power of God

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  • Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
  • A Mask with the ability to conjure anything from your imagination plops down next to you.
    What do you do with it?
    Comic: The Mask
    #explore #themask #comicbook #explained #imagination #comic #mask

Комментарии • 652

  • @Mad_Oph
    @Mad_Oph 4 дня назад +1811

    I always thought the mask never worked on Walter because the mask allows one to break their inhibitions to cause chaos, but that's just Walter's default state. He's never restrained himself or refused any urges, so what can the mask even offer someone like that?

    • @cadsquade
      @cadsquade 3 дня назад +157

      I always thought it was cause he got a big head

    • @FabrizioSandovalSanchez
      @FabrizioSandovalSanchez 3 дня назад +16

      And now, what was gona do now Walter after the mask reject him as the owner?

    • @CinemaChameleon-y9v
      @CinemaChameleon-y9v 3 дня назад +27

      Yeah, like it externalizes and manifests your Id and Walter's Id is already completely externalized and manifest so it can't effect him.

    • @BobExcalibur
      @BobExcalibur 3 дня назад +25

      You can't tear open a door that's already off its hinges.

    • @Frogthejam1
      @Frogthejam1 3 дня назад +5

      ​@@cadsquade That's a good theory

  • @majestyzx9081
    @majestyzx9081 4 дня назад +2309

    The Mask not working on Walter might be the most unexpected moment in a series that's full of left turns and wild moments.

    • @EN-mh4og
      @EN-mh4og 4 дня назад +396

      My theory is that Walter is too unchangeable. He lacks the imagination to be anything else than Walter and not even the mask change that

    • @majestyzx9081
      @majestyzx9081 4 дня назад +222

      @@EN-mh4og I just like the stupid theory of "he head too big." Fits the uncaring nature of the entity of the mask to a T. It's also just a hilarious image & juxtaposition of everybody else's face & head being enveloped by the mask, but Walter is the one enveloping the mask in his panel.
      I love that you can really bring away as much or as little as you want from reading most of The Mask books outside of maybe "Hunt For Green October". They're somehow both really deep & really shallow at the same time. Right up there with "The Maxx", the first 25 or so issues of "TMNT" and "The Tick" as some of these short run books that have a fully realized world that exists in itself and doesn't really have a desire to explain itself just for the sake of exposition.

    • @MangaSt
      @MangaSt 4 дня назад +74

      @@EN-mh4og In the end we could have only two solutions: or like you said Walter naturally is something totally incompatible with the mask that couldn't work... or Walter is so similar to the mask that wearing doesn't change anything about his persona and so couldn't work.

    • @JohnWall-lj1mx
      @JohnWall-lj1mx 4 дня назад

      The mask tempts users by offering to give them what they crave deep down so it can twist them into violent maniacs Walter has no need for the mask he isn’t repressed or unhappy like the others he already lives the life he wants and is already a pretty violent/insane individual so there wasn’t much for the mask to corrupt

    • @OddJames
      @OddJames 4 дня назад +40

      @@majestyzx9081 my first thought was the basic anatomy difference of his giant head and how it just falls off his face... lmao
      If I think about it deeper I would think they are like the Unstoppable Force meeting the immovable object etc water and oil, incompatible idk...
      From a psychological aspect I like to think that he is something like a sociopath and doesn't have normal people feelings or emotions, and a magical mask that amplifies personality and creates trickster chaos would have no effect find somebody so numb or terminator robotic like. Kinda like a light bulb can fit in the socket but if the wires are not wired correctly it can't flow.
      Just thinking out loud at this point regardless cheers!!

  • @josebasedanogosende4407
    @josebasedanogosende4407 4 дня назад +955

    I always interpreted the Mask not working on Walter due to the fact that Walter has no... hidden darkness, so to speak. This doesn't mean he is good, it's just means that Walter is... Walter. He wears his darkness in his sleeves.
    All of the Mask's bearers have hidden dark impulses, inner demons and desires that the Mask brings to the forefront and amplifies to make its wearers into avatars of destruction and chaos.
    Walter doesn't have any hidden darkness or inner sadistic desires, because Walter simply IS Walter. Walter is sincere in his brutality. If he wants to kill you, he kills you. So the Mask cannot bring anything to the surface and twist it, because it's already there.

    • @lachlanfarthing4009
      @lachlanfarthing4009 3 дня назад +12

      well said

    • @anMDfan1015
      @anMDfan1015 3 дня назад +34

      walter is walter confirmed

    • @christianvirtudazo3106
      @christianvirtudazo3106 3 дня назад +7

      So Walter always shows his inner darkness

    • @Linkonpark100
      @Linkonpark100 3 дня назад +10

      It's become more apparent in his own spin-off when he runs for mayor. Read it and you can see why.

    • @lfwalrus
      @lfwalrus 3 дня назад +5

      This is a good theory, but I think a better one is that the mask is about a sense of humor. It’s kinda weird to me to say “it’s about repressed darkness” when Walter can’t wear it but also kills people. The opposite of Walter is levity, that’s what sets him apart.

  • @mandalorianhunter1
    @mandalorianhunter1 4 дня назад +1195

    Dang Jim Carrey got the powers of a God twice. Maybe more?

    • @AzHades520
      @AzHades520 4 дня назад +49

      A lot more than once but paid so much more

    • @HangMrH
      @HangMrH 4 дня назад +56

      I mean he is Op in every movie he is in, even in Truman show his world revolves around him until he got outside .

    • @Lawrence_Talbot
      @Lawrence_Talbot 4 дня назад +26

      @@HangMrHhe ain’t OP in Fun With Dick and Jane. He a broke boi

    • @Iamworm
      @Iamworm 4 дня назад +27

      Again in sonic the hedgehog if you count the emerald

    • @kitsunemusicisfire
      @kitsunemusicisfire 4 дня назад +3

      There was a sequel but it sucked ass

  • @marquiseemthembuu997
    @marquiseemthembuu997 4 дня назад +755

    The Mask in the comics is essentially the urban one ring to rule them all.
    -Both slowly corrupts the wearer after some time
    -Makes people addicted to it due to its inherit abilities
    -Empowers the user to fit their goals
    -Highly sought after by individuals who know of it

    • @BenersantheBread
      @BenersantheBread 4 дня назад +22

      Well the idea of the Ring anyway. We always see the Ring tempting everyone around it, we see characters talking about how powerful they could be with it and yet the only tangible thing we ever see the Ring do is turn the wearer invisible

    • @aldiascholarofthefirstsin1051
      @aldiascholarofthefirstsin1051 4 дня назад +31

      @@BenersantheBread
      The power of the ring ironically reflects the power of the wearer, supposedly people like Aragorn and Boromir or Gandalf could have displayed powers we did not see.

    • @danielloewen2857
      @danielloewen2857 4 дня назад +2

      Also is never aquired by the main antagonist who is more of a force of nature than a character

    • @damianstarks3338
      @damianstarks3338 4 дня назад

      Perfect comparison

    • @Yellow-parenti
      @Yellow-parenti 3 дня назад +2

      It’s because both have very direct inspiration from the Ring of Gyges allegory
      Edit: maybe not inspiration, but they’re all asking the same thematic questions of morality and power

  • @pajamapantsjack5874
    @pajamapantsjack5874 4 дня назад +296

    Nothing in the comics will ever come as close to the horror that is son of the mask.

    • @DwnRange21
      @DwnRange21 3 дня назад +12

      The world cursed me as a kid and gave me son of the mask instead of the mask

    • @aaron_exe6449
      @aaron_exe6449 3 дня назад +17

      the horrific cgi of that baby appears in my nightmares

    • @wyslanniknewworldorder9525
      @wyslanniknewworldorder9525 3 дня назад

      @@aaron_exe6449 A Family Movie. Family Picture

    • @Hugelag
      @Hugelag 2 дня назад +3

      And to think I just got done repressing that abomination.

  • @sea_dog172
    @sea_dog172 4 дня назад +318

    For walter not being able to use the mask I have three theories
    1. He has nothing to hide. If we take the "logical" route in the real purpose of a mask is to pretend to be someone or something you aren't, like Halloween or dressing up for a convention as your favorite character like we see with other hosts for the mask. Walter is exactly who he wants to be, he's tenacious, vicious and downright disturbing in his approach to getting what he wants.
    2. He cannot be corrupted. Not to say he's pure of heart, but rather he's as dark as he can or will ever be. If we use what was show to us in the comics the mask, regardless of strength of character, corrupts its host. Again, if we use previous examples the others had goals in mind of what they wanted to do with the power. Become a superhero, free animals, or even cause chaos the mask twists what their original goal was into something darker. And for Walter its just not doable somehow, he knows exactly how he wants something and the exact way to get it eventually.
    3. Maybe the mask is sentient, it knows Walter is its antithesis and enjoys the competition. To make him its host would take all the joy it could ever get out of spreading chaos. Almost like playing a game, when you can do anything, make anything that has no consequences what's the fun in that? Or possibly it finds it funny to make the ONLY man that could take it from its host "forcefully" not viable is another sick joke it enjoys.

    • @whade62000
      @whade62000 3 дня назад +36

      4. His face is too big

    • @TupocalypseShakur
      @TupocalypseShakur 3 дня назад +18

      I think it's because he has no desire he can't attain himself. Stanley wanted to push people around, Calloway was a detective who was under a lot of pressure, the mobster was a guy with delusions of grandeur and Catherine just wanted all the people using it to be stopped

    • @maxzapsgamingzepzeap2337
      @maxzapsgamingzepzeap2337 День назад +3

      I’ve honestly never heard the third idea though, but it’s definitely a very interesting comics. A dynamic pretty similar to The Joker and Batman. And I believe we have seen portions of the comics where the Mask itself speaks to people even when it’s not being worn which could indicate it is indeed sentient

    • @artrosemaloca4663
      @artrosemaloca4663 День назад +1

      face too big

  • @Aughlag
    @Aughlag 4 дня назад +513

    SOMEONE TALKING ABOUT THE MASK IN 2024🙏❗️

    • @evilbeeman
      @evilbeeman 2 дня назад +4

      I LOVE THIS COMIC SM ‼🗣🔥🔥🔥

  • @milkiassamuel780
    @milkiassamuel780 4 дня назад +520

    It's surreal to know how much darker and gruesome the original The Mask comics are compared to the Jim Carrey movie.

    • @joshuagraham2843
      @joshuagraham2843 4 дня назад +46

      Well they toned down and worried the movie might get complained
      I mean i love the jim carrey mask
      The original mask was dark
      But it worked both
      But i still prefer the jim carrey mask

    • @Hot_O
      @Hot_O 3 дня назад +2

      Bro what, did bro get the blue comment in youtube?

    • @jmgonzales7701
      @jmgonzales7701 3 дня назад

      @@joshuagraham2843 what was the dark things in it?

    • @thegreygoblin5165
      @thegreygoblin5165 3 дня назад +8

      If you want a similar contrast then read the original Ninja Turtles comics. The Turtles originally thought up by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird were far darker than any of the later adaptations, especially the in 1987 cartoons.

    • @cam4001
      @cam4001 2 дня назад +1

      @@thegreygoblin5165give an example on how it’s darker

  • @plasmabasher
    @plasmabasher 2 дня назад +49

    My father, who loves comic books, explained the premise of The Mask to me once. He explained how it was an ugly green mask that made whoever wore it capable of doing anything they wanted to do, being whoever they wanted to be. Rather than asking what exactly The Mask could do, I asked, "Won't people care that he's wearing a mask?" (in the context of him eventually being loved by anyone he encounters.)
    This conversation went on, but only that one line stuck with me since then. If you have unlimited power, at the cost of nobody ever knowing who you are when you wield that power, will these powers ever be anything more than some superfluous blip? When you wear the Mask, you aren't just gaining its powers, you're hiding yourself from the outside world, from consequences and repercussions for your increasingly unhinged actions.
    In a way, The Mask starts wearing _you_ .

  • @jamiematindi2005
    @jamiematindi2005 4 дня назад +238

    Steve buscemi as the mask voice is so inspired man, I cant help but hear it now🙆🏾‍♂️

  • @akumjh
    @akumjh 4 дня назад +73

    The way I understood it, the mask simply removes limits. Limits of physics and limits of morality aren't any different to it. Walter isn't affected because he already breaks too many limits.

  • @pivotmatrixxx1245
    @pivotmatrixxx1245 2 дня назад +14

    The way walter was handled is one of the best things in the comic. Hes almost like a force of nature. He comes in, does what he wants, others may try using him but walter does as he pleases and he gets what he wants. Almost exactly like the mask itself.

  • @guregan634
    @guregan634 4 дня назад +190

    I think Walter is just already completely uninhibited.
    he wants something, he gets it. He wants to do something, he does it. No questions asked.
    I think that Walter doesn't have the deep seated aspirations and wants a normal person has, that well of deep frustration for what reality is because... well, he's Walter. No one but Big head can oppose him. Not stop him. Oppose him.
    I think he just didn't interest the mask itself, the entity, too empty, too boring. If the corruption of the user is what the mask is after, in the whole demonic "Doth as thou wilt" rule then... Walter is already completely doing it. Nothing to corrupt there.

    • @Mulletman_Comics
      @Mulletman_Comics  4 дня назад +51

      Genuinely love this conclusion

    • @deoxysandmew2162
      @deoxysandmew2162 3 дня назад +15

      Best comment I've seen so far.
      I see it exactly like that: The Parallels between Walter and the mask.
      Walter: "He wants something, he gets it. He wants to do something, he does it.
      Mask: "The mask allows to grant its powers to want something, you get it. The mask lets you get what you want to do something and it allows you to get it.
      Mask didnt work simply because Walter is the freak of nature that allows him to get what he wants akin to the mask, whilst remaining his true self.
      No alter-ego to bring to life. Its just Walter.

  • @AdamWasn
    @AdamWasn 4 дня назад +75

    I love how the text is drawn when he is wearing the mask

  • @FireHydrantVibrator
    @FireHydrantVibrator 4 дня назад +159

    Nobody cared who I was until I put on the mask

    • @UnoDinero95001
      @UnoDinero95001 4 дня назад +1

      Incel vibes

    • @dullknifefactory
      @dullknifefactory 4 дня назад +25

      ​@@UnoDinero95001
      Why do you love that word so much

    • @DarkReader677
      @DarkReader677 3 дня назад +1

      Yesss😂

    • @BlueTyphoon2017
      @BlueTyphoon2017 3 дня назад +13

      @@UnoDinero95001the comment is just supposed to be a description of the character, what does that have to do with this? Stop trolling in order to cause ruckus and fights and just watch the video.

    • @FireHydrantVibrator
      @FireHydrantVibrator 3 дня назад +8

      @@BlueTyphoon2017 It’s from Batman, bane says it

  • @My_gatt_is_ballin
    @My_gatt_is_ballin 3 дня назад +74

    12:23 he’s bling bling boy

    • @samaruseth34
      @samaruseth34 3 дня назад +5

      I’m very early to this comment

    • @noahfade1963
      @noahfade1963 4 часа назад

      NOOOOO I CAN'T UNSEE IT 😭

  • @l3nsman
    @l3nsman 3 дня назад +15

    Fun fact: The Mask was originally intended to be a horror movie in the steps of "a nightmare on elm Street$ but the producers along the way figured out that it would be more successful as a comedy.

  • @TatendaZiyambi
    @TatendaZiyambi 4 дня назад +129

    We need a faithful adaption of this

    • @Brianna-eo8nu
      @Brianna-eo8nu 4 дня назад +18

      I would love to see an adult animated adaptation of the mask. It wouldn’t feel out of place alongside other dark and adult comic book streaming series adaptations like The Boys or Invincible.

    • @kloa4219
      @kloa4219 4 дня назад +7

      chainsawman is close

    • @The_Blue_Otaku
      @The_Blue_Otaku 4 дня назад +1

      @@Brianna-eo8nu I'd buy that for a dollar

    • @vee-bee-a
      @vee-bee-a 4 дня назад +2

      Amen to that.

    • @thesmilyguyguy9799
      @thesmilyguyguy9799 3 дня назад

      Yes

  • @HellishSpoon
    @HellishSpoon 3 дня назад +41

    Mask has a such a strong concept,
    it consistently changing perspectives of different characters, mask having cartoon like super powers and personality, and how it slightly changes depending on user,
    its real entertaining.

  • @IndigoMassey
    @IndigoMassey 3 дня назад +15

    A faithful animated comic adaptation as a series would absolutely be insanely popular. Imagine a Mask show on Prime or HBO everyone would be talking about it.

  • @RoderickThe13
    @RoderickThe13 4 дня назад +15

    Calloway is the best protagonist because you actually wanna root for him. I hope if they ever make another adaptation that they have him as the protagonist.

    • @MrFredstt
      @MrFredstt 2 дня назад

      If they make a show it would be cool if each season was a new wearer to mirror the comics

    • @mkultra2456
      @mkultra2456 13 часов назад

      What about Doyle?

  • @flashtmdvenom
    @flashtmdvenom 3 дня назад +12

    I think that Walter was a former host of the mask but he used it so long he eventually became an embodiment of chaos and the mask couldn’t do anything else with Walter

  • @StoneBox_761a
    @StoneBox_761a 4 дня назад +43

    5:34 LOOK AT THAT CHEEKEY SMILE! And if walter could use the mask, it would be on par with thanos getting his hands on the infinity gauntlet.

    • @feshpince7181
      @feshpince7181 3 дня назад +1

      Thanos made the gauntlet, he just had to find the stones.

  • @neoflashjf
    @neoflashjf 4 дня назад +159

    I think the point was that the Mask user was always called "Big Head", and then Walter can't use it because Ironically his head is TOO BIG..

    • @CertifiedHater98
      @CertifiedHater98 3 дня назад +3

      Lmao nah that’s a stupid ass reach 😂

    • @neoflashjf
      @neoflashjf 3 дня назад +7

      @CertifiedHater98 have you read the comic? Cuz I have it here and that's very much the humor of it all through mask omnibus collection of all these stories

    • @neoflashjf
      @neoflashjf 3 дня назад +5

      @@CertifiedHater98 nvm. I just read your profile. Carry on

    • @jamesrichards2720
      @jamesrichards2720 День назад

      I agree. His head was too big fir the mask. Lol. 100%.

  • @JoaoVictor-rg5ix
    @JoaoVictor-rg5ix 2 дня назад +7

    16:30 Maybe even the Mask knew Walter was WAY too overpowered. Even the Mask respected the Laws of the universe now. 😅😅😅

  • @MasterChef1957
    @MasterChef1957 3 дня назад +17

    17:00 it's all up to your own interpretation I suppose but I would like to imagine that the reason he couldn't use the mask was his serious nature clashing fundamentally with his own. That must mean both have an equal strength of will maybe?

  • @George_RD
    @George_RD 4 дня назад +23

    I love the Mask comics artstyle, I think is so unique :)

    • @stuff4826
      @stuff4826 3 дня назад +1

      youd like spawn, darker image and vertigo stuff

    • @stuff4826
      @stuff4826 3 дня назад +1

      meant "dark horse"

  • @FantasmaNaranja
    @FantasmaNaranja 4 дня назад +30

    i guess considering that walter doesnt seem to have any emotions by the time we see him in the comic and the mask seems to amplify people's emotions until they start doing horrible things
    i guess it just doesnt work because walter doesnt really have any deep desires, he's just simple mindedly going for the mask so there's nothing for the mask to work with there

  • @parkerwebb3470
    @parkerwebb3470 4 дня назад +13

    Fun fact lobo fought the mask and they were equal, another fun fact the joker once put on the mask. (But it was in the more light hearted late 90's and early 2000's era, or was based off of the Batman the animated series).

  • @Teddyngham
    @Teddyngham 3 дня назад +11

    In The Mask: Animated Series Season 1 Episode 15 - Split Personality, the episode ends with Walter putting on the Mask, only for it to not work, like in the comics.

  • @popculturenerdyt7572
    @popculturenerdyt7572 4 дня назад +17

    Imagine an animated adaptation of the mask with the level of faithfulness of invincible. Complete with the gore and all, that’d probably dance on the line of complete nightmare fuel

  • @rgs-randomgamingstuff7992
    @rgs-randomgamingstuff7992 День назад +2

    I like to think that Walter is such a menace that he doesn’t even need the mask

  • @DanielDeLeon69
    @DanielDeLeon69 4 дня назад +48

    Jim Carrey Played The Mask Character So Well In The Movie

    • @MangaSt
      @MangaSt 4 дня назад +3

      That's almost a problem: he was so inconic and great that almost destroyed the original version.

  • @Akirilus
    @Akirilus 2 дня назад +3

    I'd be, A superhero! I could fight crime, cure diseases, create world peace!! BUT FIRST.....

  • @NK-22
    @NK-22 4 дня назад +10

    Id love a rated R animated series of people wearing the mask. The possibilities are endless with a this.

  • @MusicLover-my6fo
    @MusicLover-my6fo 4 дня назад +33

    Imagine if the Punisher got the mask, he'd be unstoppable.

    • @sarge1408
      @sarge1408 4 дня назад +11

      Considering how the Mask corrupts, im.curious as to what itd do to him.

    • @ahmedshaharyarejaz9886
      @ahmedshaharyarejaz9886 3 дня назад +7

      Frank would break down into a crying catatonic man who's consumed by his grief at losing his wife and child. The mask brings out inner inhibitions, and Frank's inner self is a sad wounded man. It would have the opposite effect then expected.

    • @wyslanniknewworldorder9525
      @wyslanniknewworldorder9525 3 дня назад +2

      Imagine if Thragg got the mask, he'd be.... inv....
      *[TITLE CARD POPS OUT]*

    • @Between_Scylla_and_Kharybdis
      @Between_Scylla_and_Kharybdis 2 дня назад

      Well… there was this one time when Joker got it…

  • @andrew08
    @andrew08 3 дня назад +5

    I think Jim Carrey would still be perfect in a faithful adaptation. He would shine in a darker script..

  • @relicvault1515
    @relicvault1515 4 дня назад +6

    I would unironically love to see a faithful adaptation to the big screen. Not that Jim Carry’s The Mask is bad, mind you.

  • @guitarzero1836
    @guitarzero1836 4 дня назад +11

    I always interpreted Walter’s inability to use the mask is because the mask is sentient to an extent and it likes corrupting people but with Walter there’s nothing to corrupt hell in some ways he’s more depraved than the other hosts or maybe it’s because he has no desires or wants? Stan wanted revenge Kellaway wanted to fight crime Cathy just wanted everything to stop but Walter is just this unknowable force, he’s a block of marble before you sculpt it no thoughts head empty so the mask has nothing to latch onto

    • @DefaultFlame
      @DefaultFlame День назад +1

      I think it's because Walter has no *repressed* desires or wants. The mask takes everything that you want to do and removes every single barrier to doing it, physical or moral. Walter already does exactly what he wants in every moment.

  • @Replicaate
    @Replicaate 4 дня назад +10

    Man, imagine if we got a faithful, comic-accurate movie of THIS Mask.

  • @GBTwelveSixteen
    @GBTwelveSixteen 3 дня назад +3

    If The Mask brings out the inner most personality traits, Walter wouldn't be able to wear it because he's not hiding who he is. Walter is 100% that unstoppable force who isn't holding anything back at all.

  • @WobblesandBean
    @WobblesandBean 3 дня назад +17

    Catherine was my favorite mask wielder, by far. I'm a little sad we didn't get to see more of her.

  • @DamningTooth1
    @DamningTooth1 3 дня назад +7

    18:40 is that Boris the Bear?!!

    • @DamningTooth1
      @DamningTooth1 2 дня назад +2

      Okay turns out it ain’t Boris at all. I feel dumb & disappointed. 😔

    • @FunkelMcStump
      @FunkelMcStump 21 час назад +2

      @@DamningTooth1who is that?

    • @DamningTooth1
      @DamningTooth1 21 час назад +2

      @@FunkelMcStump Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees

  • @harryfleutv666
    @harryfleutv666 3 дня назад +2

    The Mask is like Art The Clown before Art The Clown, but more of an an anti hero then a straight-up villain

  • @Drdrakeincorperated
    @Drdrakeincorperated 4 дня назад +13

    6:22 ok this is ridiculous, I understand that English teachers like to give students work with extremely strict deadlines, only to grade the work a month later. But he really came back years later just to do that💀🙏

    • @Selnathorn
      @Selnathorn 3 дня назад +2

      There are people who cannot let go of that kind of stuff. Resentment can root itself deep if you let it

  • @jack.h99
    @jack.h99 2 дня назад +2

    The Mask probably can sense Walter as incorruptable, somehow even moreso than the hard boiled detective. Also considering Walter seems to be mute, he would probably be pretty boring host for something as talkative as the Mask is.

  • @maxzapsgamingzepzeap2337
    @maxzapsgamingzepzeap2337 День назад +2

    I like all the theories as to exactly why Walter can’t wear the mask, and personally one I have is that he didn’t want to wear it in the first place
    If I remember correctly, the first time Walter got his hands on the Mask, he didn’t put it on, I think he just threw it away. And so the reason he even tried to put it on the second time is to get rid of the “Bighead” character that’s created whenever someone wears it. He’s been at odds with just about everyone that has ever worn the Mask and the second time around he now knows that throwing it away won’t solve that problem, and so instead he tries to put it on to get rid of Bighead because if he is Bighead than no one else can be
    He has no actual desire to wear the Mask and use its power. The only desire the Mask could grant him is to get rid of that annoyance, and as a result it doesn’t even work on him in the first place, as if it did work it’d simply create another Bighead

  • @zigfaust
    @zigfaust 4 дня назад +4

    My headcanon was that The Mask was a piece of Loki but Walter was a piece of Thor.

  • @SaintJimmy379
    @SaintJimmy379 2 дня назад +1

    It occurs to me that this is similar to "The Invisible Man", no?
    A man suddenly has the ability to act without being blamed for their sins, one unseen and one unknown.

  • @That1menace
    @That1menace 4 дня назад +8

    I’d be so down to clown for a animated mask voiced by Steve Buscemi

  • @whade62000
    @whade62000 3 дня назад +1

    I really liked how Joker/Mask played with the different continuities, particularly how it ends with Kellaway dropping the mask in Stanley's grave (while calling him a buffoon in the translation) sort of acknowledging him as the mask's true owner. Stanley in the Dark Horse continuity is of course a weakling who is offed by his gf after the mask turns him abusive. The Stanley portrayed by Jim Carrey and the subsequent cartoon is a superhero (though he still could've died young in this version too I guess). Kellaway himself is a comedic foil to the 2nd Stanley and a good cop tormented by the memory of going on a justice-fueled rampage with the mask in the 1st version. The mask also has 2 different origins, either being the wooden viking mask of Loki or a stone or jade mask from Africa used for sacrifices. But this poetic ending I feel kinda works for both versions.

  • @noir-214
    @noir-214 4 дня назад +7

    Why, when reading this, I heard either Jim Carrey or Rob paulsens voice? Maybe it's because they're the only actors who play the mask, but I could see either of them play this version of The Mask

  • @Monkey_Boy9602
    @Monkey_Boy9602 3 дня назад +2

    I owned "The Mask" and "The Mask Returns" comics back when I was a teen, but finally read the Omnibus with all three mini-series, and I enjoyed the story as a whole quite a bit. I would've loved a movie that was closer to the source material where multiple people wore it for different reasons.

  • @SoulCastleFilms
    @SoulCastleFilms 4 дня назад +6

    Dude, I'm so happy you're talking about Dark Horse Comics' The Mask! It's one of my favorites (even if it did decline in quality as it went on).
    But I really love those first couple arcs and storylines, and I still love the 1st movie! I would love a new adaptation that's closer to the source material!
    EDIT: Yes, an animated adult series would be fantastic for The Mask! Just go all out with it!

  • @Waffle_taffy09
    @Waffle_taffy09 4 дня назад +5

    If I get the mask there gonna call me the _freaky_

  • @reddragon2943
    @reddragon2943 День назад +1

    Walter may be a Demi-God. A son of a god.

  • @OddJames
    @OddJames 4 дня назад +8

    M&M intro lines will be underrated...lmao

  • @FarelForever
    @FarelForever 3 дня назад +2

    This might be another case where a lot of people would be angry at how the story was adapted into a movie, and then a cartoon series, but I get the sense that all instances of the property work well for what they are. Changes needed to be made to be successful mainstream comedy, and later a cartoon that was fine for kids to watch. And if anyone insists that it should have been 100% faithful to the comic, then... I don't feel like this property would get heard of as much if it wasn't for the changes made that let it go mainstream, and thus not as many people would read these original comics

  • @MrFredstt
    @MrFredstt 2 дня назад +1

    The Mask is awesome. Shame the movies didn't really do it justice

  • @metalrob6713
    @metalrob6713 3 дня назад +3

    I'd k1ll for R-rated "Mask" live-action movie adaptation, more closer to comics, and more violent.
    I mean, Deadpool movie trilogy has shown that r-rated comic book movie adaptations work, and sell well.

    • @PoisonDartFiend
      @PoisonDartFiend 3 дня назад +1

      i think it'd fare better as an animated series, like Invincible

  • @WolfScythe91
    @WolfScythe91 2 дня назад +1

    Never knew the mask was a comic, thanks for this
    Can't wait to read!

  • @IvelTheInvader
    @IvelTheInvader 4 дня назад +2

    12:00 “Who wants to fight a guy who punches metal?… FOR FUN”

  • @StarSpangledIdiot
    @StarSpangledIdiot 4 дня назад +8

    The Mask was one of my first ever movie I saw.. And I remember the wet lets call it "Protection" joke and my dumbass child mind thought it was a wet balloon 😭

  • @TODDYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
    @TODDYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY 4 дня назад +2

    I love how seeing the differences between the movie and comics

  • @DatBoiOrly
    @DatBoiOrly 2 часа назад +1

    my guess is that the mask only attaches to those that desire power but doesn't effect those that have no desire for power because they have need for it. i like to think the mask has some sort of rule attached to it that Loki created like "what would happen if i gave a weakling ungodly amounts of power?"

  • @MagusMalazel
    @MagusMalazel 3 дня назад +1

    It feels like the Mask is a tool that essentially "reveals what you are deep down." If you're familiar with the works of Carl Jung, he refers to how everyone has a Persona, which is basically a filter we use to process the world outside of ourselves. In contrast, there's the Shadow, which encompasses all of your repressed urges and thoughts. Things you don't want to cloud your conscious mind, or subconsciously suppress. Your "dark side."
    The Shadow isn't necessarily evil, but we tend to fear whatever's "lurking" in it. Usually, we *DO NOT* want these aspects of ourselves to be overtly expressed. The Mask (both the comic and the object itself) presents this concept with a garnish of irony, in that by putting on the Mask, you are removing yours.

  • @theotherjared9824
    @theotherjared9824 4 дня назад +3

    An R rated remake of the mask could be really successful. Keep the main character exactly the same, except his antics cause actual death and destruction.

  • @G55544
    @G55544 3 дня назад +1

    I think the mask is a god of chaos in a physical form trying to destroy the world

  • @dougjones3305
    @dougjones3305 2 дня назад +1

    Instead of steve buschemi i get the vibe of kevin spacey. Also, they gotta make a comic accurate movie.

  • @XENON3120
    @XENON3120 3 дня назад +1

    Odin in the god of war Ragnarok also used his ravens so you may make a good point when mentioning him being potentially Odin. It's sort of a full indicator of it being the same. I never watch mask comics, only saw the movie but I think the mask doesn't work because it can't control him, meaning he is mentally stronger for the mask to work it's magic and he could end the host if he wanted to but decided to spare him. Idk this just makes most sense to me but could be talking rubbish. Great video

  • @admiralhunchback6618
    @admiralhunchback6618 4 дня назад +2

    the mask just gives the user toon force, and im all for it

  • @mayorjimmy
    @mayorjimmy 3 дня назад +12

    Is there a reason you didn't cover the fact that this character is part of the DC universe and at one point THE JOKER got his hands on it?

    • @Idran
      @Idran 3 дня назад +10

      the mask isn't a part of the DC universe, there was just an out-of-canon four-part crossover collab between DC and Dark Horse
      the mask isn't really a part of any broader universe, -since Dark Horse owns the rights to the character and their comics don't take place in a shared universe-
      edit: oh right, i forgot that Dark Horse was still a creator-owned comic publisher at the time; it's the creators of The Mask that own the rights to the character

  • @That_Web_Guy1810
    @That_Web_Guy1810 4 дня назад +6

    Jim Carrey is a good actor

  • @jacobweatherford4696
    @jacobweatherford4696 2 дня назад +1

    I remember when the joker wore the mask on woa boy was that scary

  • @crunchbunchley8586
    @crunchbunchley8586 4 дня назад +2

    The Mask is my favorite comic series and the movie is my favorite movie. I love the mask a lot and i'm glad you did a video about it finally! :3

  • @T-Rev-vz4qm
    @T-Rev-vz4qm 2 дня назад

    How a comic accurate mask show hasnt come out yet is beyond me. It can literally go through every user of the mask

  • @rolandov8761
    @rolandov8761 4 дня назад +4

    I love the mask movie with Jim Carrey!! Best movie would recommend it yall with it!
    Finally we get a comic review of the mask ❤🖤

  • @tricksterzyro3230
    @tricksterzyro3230 2 дня назад

    Intro goes crazy, the music you chose for it goes extremely well with the comics Gritty Noir' atmosphere.

  • @Number-nl1rj
    @Number-nl1rj 4 дня назад +2

    Finally, somebody’s talking about this man I came across him and been a fan of the character since thank you so much. You’re one of the best comic RUclipsrs Top 3 for me 🙏🙏🙏 my goat 🐐 also amazing last video about the maker I gave him more praise after that

  • @yonatansun
    @yonatansun 4 дня назад +3

    Dude i love your videos my family is going through some really hard stuff because of heart problems and your videos help me get the mind off of it ❤

  • @orbiewan4501
    @orbiewan4501 9 часов назад

    The mask is absolutely my Favorite comic, I'd love if they would turn it into a cartoon adaptation way too much. You're right, they are sitting on gold.

  • @krazyknightmare7410
    @krazyknightmare7410 3 дня назад +1

    Honestly I think the mask was just for the weak willed and unabled. Walter was real about everything he did, he never questioned himself and just did his thing. All the other characters had side thoughts and wishes, while Walter was just Walter. You never really saw Walter talking to himself or having inner dialogue. He put it on more so out of curiosity, like a child trying to find out how this thing works.

  • @Gabronthe
    @Gabronthe 2 дня назад +1

    Well of course it doesn't work on Walter. Walter's face is too big.

  • @boom350ph
    @boom350ph 3 дня назад +1

    Jim carrey the perfect chracterfor the danm mask for one reason cartonishly perfect

  • @DrBagPhD
    @DrBagPhD 4 дня назад +1

    Mullet-Man, my lovely man sporting a rad af mullet, that title is the most beautifully succint summarisation of The Mask comics I've ever heard. I adore both the comics and the movie but Carrey's Mask is totally different from Big Head, and I kinda dig it.

  • @judsongaiden9878
    @judsongaiden9878 День назад +1

    5:01 Ackchyually, that's an Ingram. More specifically, it looks like a MAC-10. Referring to Ingrams as "Uzis" is an insult to Uzis (which were built to much higher specs).

  • @Anonymous-o6t6p
    @Anonymous-o6t6p 3 дня назад +2

    My personal fan theory is that walter is from the original tribe that made the mask before it was taken to America and that’s the reason why he never speaks but is so well trained, he doesn’t speak English and was probably trained his whole life to fight anyone wearing the mask and that’s probably why the mask never worked on him

  • @Ome99
    @Ome99 49 минут назад +1

    If we assume that The Mask realizes its' wearers' extraodrinary fantasies, and that Walter - as disfigured and traumatised as he - perhaps only wishes to become ordinary, then we can better grasp why The Mask won't work on him.

  • @_juece_9328
    @_juece_9328 3 дня назад +1

    Mullet Man video always makes the week better

  • @OddJames
    @OddJames 4 дня назад +4

    Fresh Mullet Drop? Thank you! I just found you recently and have been watching a lot of your videos, thank you for all the work!

  • @CV3-bb7lf
    @CV3-bb7lf 4 дня назад +3

    "SSSSSMOKIN"!!! - The Mask

  • @Brianna-eo8nu
    @Brianna-eo8nu 4 дня назад +11

    Honestly, The Mask is long overdue for a modern dark/adult oriented adaptation. Especially the Standly Ipcus story. With the rise of seemingly harmless, meek nerd guys secretly harbouring resentment, and lashing out at society and those they feel wronged them, Stanley could be a terrifying cautionary tale for these modern incel riddled times.

    • @pzhplz
      @pzhplz 4 дня назад +2

      Post-incel?

    • @dullknifefactory
      @dullknifefactory 4 дня назад +3

      🙄

    • @vee-bee-a
      @vee-bee-a 4 дня назад +1

      ​@@pzhplz Lord... 👎

    • @junko4166
      @junko4166 4 дня назад +3

      He literally had a loving girlfriend. Do you even know what the word means? ISTG y'all just throw it at men who inconveniences you 😂😂😂

    • @ezhno7137
      @ezhno7137 3 дня назад

      If only incels were so dangerous. People like you wouldn't be around anymore. But they aren't, you're just a moron who slings buzzwords and peddles lies.

  • @fynnthefox9078
    @fynnthefox9078 4 дня назад +1

    I'd love an R-Rated live-action Mask movie.

  • @WooTainG
    @WooTainG 3 дня назад

    The volume mixing in this vid is nuts, it blows my eardrums out every couple minutes.

  • @ElijahWomack-f7n
    @ElijahWomack-f7n 6 часов назад

    Dude Walter's the fucken Nemesis of the Mask universe, he's just constantly drawn to the Mask like he's hunting fucken S.TA.R.S. lolol

  • @filipvadas7602
    @filipvadas7602 3 дня назад +1

    The corrupting influence is made much more apparent & the consequences more horrific in the comics.
    The idea that the cartoony nature of the mask extends only to the user while everyone else is brutally massacred by their antics. Its even more disturbing once you realise that The Mask itself doesn't *actually* take over you. It simply takes your inner darkness, brings it to the surface while removing any fear you might have by making you a nigh unkillable demigod that can do almost anything the imagination allows.
    Its probably why Walter was unaffected by it. He was alredy so vile and unashamed by his darkest urges that The Mask literally had nothing to offer him.

  • @kuzzii
    @kuzzii 16 часов назад

    Walter is just that guy, his willpower dominates over that of the masks leaving him invulnerable to its effects.

  • @Hothhorn
    @Hothhorn 2 дня назад +1

    The mask doesn't work on walter because his face is too big.

  • @dapperwolf6034
    @dapperwolf6034 4 дня назад +1

    Deadpool wearing the mask would be chaos in world or universe ending